Hacker turned referee: Telefónica’s ex-digital chief signs as football tech advisor

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Telefónica’s former digital guru Chema Alonso appointed AI and tech advisor for Spain’s football governing body and a director at Europa Press news agency.

This article includes:

  • Themes: Advisory appointments; Artificial intelligence (AI); Arbitration management; Cybersecurity; Executive leadership change; Hacking; Network softwarisation; Pentesting; Quantum innovation; VAR controversy.
  • People: Chema Alonso; Fran Soto; José María Álvarez-Pallete; Marc Murtra; Mark Evans; Ronan Dunne.
  • Geographic: Spain.
  • Organisations: Comité Técnico de Árbitros (CTA); Europa Press; Expansión; Glow; MCE Systems; Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF); Telefónica; Telefónica Cybersecurity Council; Telefónica Tech. 

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